Under the white light. Under the moonlight. Listen to my scream.
Nagasaki Naval Base
8:30 P.M
2 hours before departure
Like most of the grunts that were following me, I've had the general idea on what's going to happen. The information did not come in a lieu but rather it came from a reliable source.
It came from our dearest friend working in Akashi's warehouse. Word got out that the shipgirls are being mobilized in mass, all of which have somehow regained their lost limbs and healed their wounds. Also, Admiral Goto's workers have been packing up equipment inside transport trucks and transferring them to the transport ships docked near our position.
Our platoon leader, Staff Sergeant Isuzugomo Ukue wants the remaining grunts guarding the most eastern part of the inner perimeter to go to the ammunition warehouse which was abandoned some time ago.
A weapons platoon carrying mortars and heavy machine guns were sent here a few hours ago but they've gone quiet and we haven't heard of them ever since.
Third platoon which was commanded by me, was sent to investigate the missing platoon of eight soldiers.
When we arrived at the ammunition warehouse what we saw was a pile of dead humanoid abyssals seemingly cut down using a saber and they looked very fresh to me.
"Dammit the stench."
"It's very nauseating, I know. But we must find the missing soldiers and hurry back." I said to them.
Three of my men slowly walked their way around the pile of dead abyssals and approached the broken entrance of the warehouse. The steel doors were blasted open from the inside as I examined it and the smell of burning metal assaulted my nose. Either it was breached from the inside using explosives or something punched this steel door open.
A guy from first squad named Tatsuto entered the warehouse first and threw a red flare inside the dark warehouse. He was then followed by the others, pointing their flashlights on every direction.
"See anything?" I asked them.
"Nothing….." Tatsuto replied with a cold tone.
As the guy taking the point, he suddenly raised his arm to his side. All six of us stopped and crouched down. Slowly we pointed our flashlights towards the front, seeing a large puddle of blood in front of us.
Droplets were coming from the ceiling. Hanging upside down was a soldier with a large wound on his neck. His eyes were rolled to the back and a black biomass could be seen wrapped around his leg.
"What the hell…." Tatsuto spoke in disbelief.
"The abyssals did this….?" A soldier asked.
"Obviously, what do you think rookie?" Tatsuto replied.
I shrugged and took a knee beside Tatsuto. I then said, "It looks fresh." Examining the blood puddle in front of me.
Tatsuto nodded as he turns towards me and said, "That's one of the eight soldiers."
"I hope some of them made it." I casually said.
But no, that does not seem to be the case. Because after locating one of the missing soldiers we heard something coming from the inner room. We walked our way pass the blood puddle and pressed ourselves against the wall right next to the door where the sound came.
The rain has long gone pass, and that sound that we heard was something that I have heard in the past. It's not the sound of water dripping on the floor but the sound of biomass dropping into the ground.
"Command" I unconsciously pressed the transmitter on my radio.
Despite the static and lack of reply, I just said "I've found the missing platoon."
In front of us, a woman wearing a black attire. She had a pure white hair and porcelain skin. She was holding a head with her right hand and was surrounded with corpses in worst shape. Limbs were scattered everywhere and ammo castings could be seen mixed in with the blood pool that was surrounding a soldier that was piled over another.
The hairs all over my body stood in attention as I pointed my flashlight towards the dark figure that had a white hair. She squinted her eyes and covered her blood soaked mouth as if she was embarrassed by it.
"Hmm? What's this? Isn't it bad manners for men to be looking at women eating her meal?" Asked the abyssal in front of us.
"…Open fire."
Her orange eyes were…devouring us. Devouring us whole….
~o~
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
KANMONKYO BRIDGE
They were told to hold the line as long as possible. Not a single step back was the order. Tanks, choppers, soldiers, and even police officers were taking up positions on the perimeter defense of the city.
Some of these soldiers weren't even Japanese. These soldiers came from a certain island nation on South East Asia.
Despite that they still took defensive positions on a hill overlooking the bridge that connects the Kyushu Region to the Chougoko Region. They had orders to defend the mountain as well as destroying the bridge if ever the abyssals break through the lines.
To do that they placed explosives along the bridge's supports as well as placing heavier explosives underneath the road.
All explosives are remotely detonated via a small initiator stashed inside a steel case. This case is hidden on the Captain's tent for safekeeping.
"Where the hell is Fustaku? Rem did you told him to place the claymores along the hill?"
"I did Captain Del Pillar. I think he has already gone downhill to do that." Answered the soldier nicknamed Rem.
"Good. We'll hold the line until we are ordered to retreat."
"And if we weren't?" Asked the private once more.
"Then we die here." Casually answered the captain of the Company.
~o~
NAGASAKI NAVAL BASE
Thirty minutes before departure
Plans were made hastily as one could say. As every fleet mobilized to their respective areas of responsibility there are some shipgirls that remained in the naval base. There are six main battle fleets on standby, waiting for Admiral Goto's order to sortie and Kaga-san's briefing.
As soon as the time strikes 10:30 PM, Kaga-san emerged out of Admiral Goto's old office and walked towards us flagships that are waiting for her arrival.
"It seems that even the 5th CarDiv girls are also here, I did not expect that one." Kaga-san immediately said as her eyes landed on Zuikaku.
The two exchanged serious looks at one another. Kaga-san doesn't harbor anything against the 5th CarDiv girls, that I am for certain after being with her for a long time…even way before we were summoned as shipgirls.
"Cut the crap, Kaga-dork. What were the Admiral's plans?" Zuikaku asked as she crossed her arms in front of her breastplate.
"Hmm…well this is the gist of it. We will be escorting convoys carrying navy personnel as well as army personnel out of the naval base and into the Chougoko Region." Kaga-san spoke as she knelled to the floor.
I could see her white thighs and blue—no I need to be focused. Ogling Kaga-san will come later, for now I need to listen to the plan.
"I want the 5th CarDiv's fleet protecting the convoy while the rest of us will be forming a screen around the convoys. Recon planes and strike planes must be ready and immediately launched once an enemy fleet is spotted."
On the map are numbers and arrows trailing beside a chosen path towards the Chougoko Region. My fleet was assigned as recon fleet while fleets 11th and 12th are assigned as vanguard, while the 5th and 10th fleets are assigned as convoy escorts.
I can also see Kaga-san's fleet assigned on recon. It appears that both the 1st CarDiv carriers will be sortieing together one more time.
"Would you look at that? We'll be sortieing together again, Kaga-san." I said to her as I rested my hand on her shoulder.
"Yes, please take care of me." She replied with a smile.
I gave her a similar smile and said, "Likewise" to her.
"I believe that is all I need to tell right now. Whatever happens during this operation please do your best for this convoy escort operation lies the future of our homeland. If the abyssals break through our defenses and attack the convoy ships, sinking them in the process, we will lose supplies as well as skilled navy personnel. Furthermore if Akashi sinks with her Repair Formula that she made—"
As Kaga-san continued talking, Zuikaku who was crouched in front of her stood up, resting an arm on her side.
"Enough with the stakes are high vibe. Are we sortieing now or what? It's been so long since I've been sortied, I want some action now."
Kaga-san paused and looked at Zuikaku's expression. She then lowers her head and a similar expression on her face was revealed.
"Of course, we should sortie now however preparations must be made Zuikaku-san." Kaga-san replied.
She then stood up and rolled the map from the ground. She then inserted it inside her skirt pocket, before walking pass Zuikaku's shoulder.
"Just don't sink this time, brat." Kaga-san said as she slaps Zuikaku's back, pushing her forward.
"I will show you what I can do this time, bitch!" Zuikaku yelled with a fist.
Kaga-san only waved the back of her hand and continued walking towards her fleet of veteran shipgirls.
I too need to brief my shipgirls. After all, both of our fleets will be engaging the enemy first. It's been a while since I've been sortied back in 2048. I hope my skills haven't dulled one bit.
~o~
Admiral Goto's Office
Twenty-six minutes before departure
"Are you sure about this, Nagato?" Asked my commanding officer in front of me.
"Yes, I am sure. I will help the army personnel hold the line until the last convoy leaves port. I got your back, Admiral." I said to him with a determined and serious look.
Admiral Goto's presence became heavy. I knew what the problems are with my suggestion. In fact, if not because of these problems, I wouldn't have thought of this in the first place.
A shipgirl has a bad to abysmal accuracy when performing shore bombardment. That rule applies to battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. Carrier planes appear not to be affected by this but if the Carriers fire their secondary armaments to perform shore bombardment a similar effect could be observed.
Not only this made invading an island difficult, it also rules out us shipgirls as capable supporting players. A lot of shipgirls were particularly mad with this to the point that they were asking Akashi to do something about it. But as it turns out even Akashi too is also affected by this and she couldn't figure out why this is happening.
"I would make an exemption if you are escorted by at least a few cruisers and destroyers. But you alone, the first battleship to be summoned, defending the Naval Base against the abyssals…loosing you will affect many shipgirls." Admiral Goto added.
"Admiral, I am a battleship. When my rigging is deployed not even a 120mm APFSDH round could penetrate my armor. What can the abyssals do to a static gun emplacement that has armor beyond than of a reinforced concrete?" I said to him.
"You dying by the hands of a land based Abyssal Empress. I have received reports of a spotting. And it may be true that nothing can penetrate your armor but you said it yourself. You are a static gun emplacement. What can you do if that Abyssal Empress arrives? You can't run on ground while your riggings are deployed."
"I will do what must be done to insure that this fleet….this country survives another day against the abyssals. I am an embodiment of a war machine capable of plastering a large area and destroying ships from a distance. What am I if I am not deployed into the battlefield?" I asked him, giving him a glare.
Admiral Goto's presence suddenly changed. His eyes are more furious than normal. It was as if a dark aura was pushing me down to the floor.
"I will not allow you to do such suicidal acts. You are to sortie with the 1st fleet and protect the convoy until every last soldier has been transported to the Chougoko Region. This is a direct order from your commanding officer!" Admiral Goto yelled and stood up from behind his desk. My shadow casted over him but his presence has overshadowed mine.
But I will do what must be done to buy time for my fellow shipgirls. I have to buy time.
"As the Combined Fleet Flagship of both World Wars as well as now. I will disobey your direct order for the greater good of this naval base and its personnel. I will now take my leave, Arimato." I said to him leaving a note on his table.
I turned counterclockwise and headed towards the exit. As I pressed my hand on the handle, I held my breath and turn my attention towards the Admiral once more.
"I know what the man at the high castle will do to me if I manage to survive. I fully know the consequences for disobeying a direct order from my parent." I said to him.
"If so, then why are you pushing to do this?" Admiral Goto asked.
"Well the answer is simple really" I said to him after letting out a sigh, "I am the Combined Fleet Flagship after all."
"That does not justify your actions for throwing yourself into that defensive line." I heard him whisper underneath his breath.
I then walked towards the door and open it. Slowly I closed the door and heard the Admiral's scream of anger. It was a quick curse and was followed with a peaceful silence.
Lowering my head, I stared at the wooden floor. I gave thought to the actions that I've done today. I question myself if I really have to push myself to do this. Whenever that question pops out my memories from the previous life resurfaces. Remembering it gave me the reason once more to keep pushing myself.
"You still haven't gave up on that thought?"
Leaning against the wall was a heavy cruiser that had a furious look on her face. She had a peculiar colored hair and wearing a shorted style navy serufuku. She had her arms crossed when she asked me that question. I could only sigh at her as I walked towards her.
"I've made up my mind, Sakawa. You will not stop me." I said to her.
"For heaven's sake, Nagato! Why are you so obsessed on this? If the two of them were here, if Prinz and Saratoga were here I am sure both of them will stop you on your tracks!"
I stopped halfway before turning around and answered, "Well they aren't here….it's just you and me."
"You egoistic fool!" Sakawa yelled.
She then rushed towards me and threw a hook on my left cheek. I was pushed a bit to the side following the momentum of her punch. However it was not strong enough to put me down.
"Go to your fleet and sortie. This is a direct order as the Combined Fleet Flagship." I said to her.
"Says the one who singlehandedly disobeyed Admiral Goto's direct order! You have the guts to order me around." Sakawa yelled once more, this time she shoved me aside and walked pass me.
"Go ahead and die to your demise you egoistic fool! I won't care if you even survive or not!"
I fell silent as I watched her back disappearing from my eyes. I clenched my teeth and lowered my gaze, tears were coming out of eyes and I tried to hold myself together.
"If that's what my dearest friend says then I won't have any second thoughts on the battlefield….."
I…I just want to do my part in this life…..I just want to do something with this second life that was given to me. I just…..want them to at least understand…..
Prinz…..
Saratoga…..
Where are the two of you when I needed you the most….?
~o~
Ten minutes before departure
When I and my fleet mates arrived at the docking area, I saw Admiral Goto talking to Kaga-san once more. Admiral Goto's eyes and mine met, instantaneously I averted his attention and just walked pass them.
"Akagi-san. A moment please"
His deep voice entered my ears like a strummed bass, stopping me immediately as he called my name. Slowly I turned around, trying my best to avert his brown eyes.
Walking beside him was Kaga-san, her hands were kept behind her back as she followed Admiral Goto's side. When the two of them arrived in front of me, I just gave them a salute and faced my attention towards Kaga-san.
"No need to be that formal." Admiral Goto paused before facing Kaga-san beside him, "Kaga….if you mind." Admiral Goto spoke with a soft tone.
"Well of course." Kaga-san answered.
With her presence gone, it was only me and the admiral left. I was still looking at the ground, very intent on not matching eye contact with the admiral.
"Do you still not want to look at me in the eyes?" The admiral asked to me with a serious tone.
"Well it can't be help. I don't want to harbor illicit ideas when speaking towards you Admiral." I answered to him.
I could see the admiral's position shifting to the side. He had his right arm resting on his right hip with his admiral's cap resting on his left side.
"Come on now. No need to be formal to your husband." He said to me.
Husband….it's been a while since that word has been spoken to me. How long was it? Two years? Yes, I believe it's been two years since that word was spoken in front of me.
"I can't do that…admiral. Addressing you in such close manner will make problems. I don't want Kaga-san, Yura-san, Fuso-san, and Ooyodo-san to be disturbed by such intimacy."
Admiral Goto fell silent as I gave him my statement. As the atmosphere became stagnant I turned my back towards him and said, "Well then admiral, if you have nothing more to say to me. I will be taking my leave."
Hastily I approached Kaga-san who was waiting ahead of me. With her cold looking face I got this feeling of not wanting to talk to her. I didn't even gave attention to her as I walked pass her.
"Akagi…"
"Not now, Kaga-san." I instantly spoke, "We will be sortieing in a couple of minutes. I don't want something this trivial to affect my performance in battle. If you want to confront me with this then approach me once this operation is over."
Leaving her with remark I approached my fleet mates who were already on the water. They stared at me with curious looks, as I jumped into the water and materialized my rigging as small destroyer came to me.
"What was that about? Did you and Kaga-san had a fight again?"
I shook my head as I slowly moved towards the front of the group with a serious look.
"Alright. Lollygagging stops here." I announced that was then followed by multiple cheers
~o~
A few hours later
Rendezvous Point
A grand total of 28 sorties were made just to get the soldiers and supplies from the besieged naval base to the port of Chouguko.
The perimeter defense around Fukuoka immediately collapsed before we knew it, and surviving soldiers rushed towards the Kanmonkyo Bridge just to get away from the abyssals.
All of the shipgirls that was assigned on the escort operation are now currently resting on Chouguko Port. There's a few of us here though since some of the six main battle fleets that was assigned for this operation have been sortied to do special missions.
The crane sisters were sent to provide air cover for the soldiers defending the bridge. With them out on escort duty my fleet of ten shipgirls were assigned as the new screen fleet. Kuma's 12th fleet was also sent on a mission but this one involved chasing after a specialized fleet of abyssals and not a single word has came out on their situation as of now.
"Akagi, this would be our last sortie in this operation." Kaga-san approached me while I was drinking a beverage down my throat.
With a loud "bah!" I turn my head to the side and let out a surprised look.
"Have we successfully transported all personnel here? And why last? I believe there are still equipment left on the naval base!"
Kaga-san sat beside me, opening her own beverage and took a sip of it.
"We are now low on ammunition and other necessities. Priority has been placed on retrieving the soldiers rather than the supplies left back on the Naval Base. With that said, Admiral Goto has decided to sortie three Main battle fleets only in this last sortie." Kaga-san elaborated, her expression filled with exhaustion.
I nodded as I placed my emptied can on my side.
"So….what do have in mind?" I asked while staring at Kaga-san's distant expression.
Kaga-san turned her attention towards me and gave me a warm smile. It was something that gave me an ache to my chest. It was burning me from the inside not by affection but by guilt.
Guilt for falling in love with the man she loved the most. Whenever I look at her eyes this guilt inside me would just run rampant. I know these feelings…these pains are just imaginary but they felt so real.
"Akagi-senpai" She called me.
She averted my eyes and stared at the distant horizon once more. She stared at the shipgirls talking a few meters ahead of us. They were laughing, cheering, and pointing fingers at one another. They were so laid back, so…..
"Lively aren't they?" I said.
She gave me a nod as I watched my fingers fumble at one another.
Kaga-san then fell silent once more before taking a deep sigh and saying, "So I was thinking of placing your fleet on escort duty while my fleet and Hosho-san's fleet placed on vanguard." Kaga-san added.
"Hosho-sama's fleet?! Are you mad? Her fleet of six shipgirls is not enough to be placed in vanguard. At first I accepted the role as escort duty since I initially thought that a larger fleet will be assigned as vanguard but for Hosho-sama to be placed on vanguard, I will never allow it!" I yelled my concerns.
Don't misunderstand. Hosho-sama is a strong shipgirl, even stronger than the late armored carrier, Taiho.
After all, Hosho-sama is the first carrier to be ever born in the past. She was the pioneer of naval aviation. It was because of her that I today was able to operate my planes in the first place.
She is…out of respect our mother. The mother of all carrier type shipgirls.
If she is to put at the front line….I just can't bare the thought if her being wounded.
"Whose idea was this? I swear if this came from him I will give him a-"
"This is Hosho-sama's idea."
I was at a loss of words. No wonder Kaga-san had this distant expression.
"We have to stop her." I said to her, standing up immediately.
With a strong grip she held my hand preventing me from moving even further.
"Why are you stopping me, Kaga-san?" I asked her in disbelief.
Shaking her head, Kaga-san then slowly stood up and said, "Respect the decision of your mother."
"Like hell I would!" I shouted shoving her grip off me.
For her to be telling me that. There must be something at play here! But first I need to find mother and stop her from sortieing.
And just like that, I felt something landing on my right cheek. It burned and sting like hell. It felt like a baseball bat was swung right on my cheek.
Obviously, I fell into the ground. I could see my vision fading and blood dripping on the ground.
"Why must you…" I managed to spoke out
"I will not allow you to stop mother from sortieing after she pleaded the admiral to sortie with her daughters. In what respect do you have for you to prevent her from achieving that?" Kaga-san said to me with her cold and distasteful voice.
I felt myself burying to the ground as I process the words she said to me.
"Why won't you understand…." I softly said grabbing a small chunk of the ground and threw it on Kaga's face, "I will not let her sortie. I would rather sink in the depths of Midway once more rather than see her get wounded!"
Kaga groaned heavily as she tired rubbing the dirt off her eyes. Grabbing the bat from her hand I then batted her head like a ball.
It gave a very wet sound. Like a watermelon popping.
Kaga-san instantly fell to the ground like a wet fabric. The ground shook a bit and blood slowly pouring out of her head.
It was at that point that I realized what I have done.
Kneeling to the ground, I pressed my two fingers on Kaga's throat, feeling a slow and fading pulse.
"No no no…"
Using both of my hand I grabbed her by the shoulder and side, basically carried her. True she was heavy but not heavy enough for this former battlecruiser.
"I need to find Akashi…."
~o~
A few moments later
"You insolent fool!"
As expected, mother was beyond furious.
While kneeling in the ground, Kaga-san who had a bandage wrapped around her head tried calming down our mother but to no avail.
"What do you think would've happen if the two of you were to be out of action, huh?! Both of you could've risked this operation into a total failure!"
"Mother please calm down…"
"Shut up you cold heated-sauna-bodied-lump of flesh! You are also at fault! Why did you hit Akagi with a baseball bat!? Sit beside her, kneel, and repent for you sins!" Mother was even furious at Kaga.
Hastily Kaga sat beside me and lowered her head. With our Mother was fuming in front of us, I just couldn't hide a faint chuckle.
"Just like when we were young…" I whispered to her.
"Shut it, Akagi.." Kaga whispered back.
With a folding paper fan, Mother gave us both a gentle smile.
"Now for your punishment." She said.
""Fuck.."" We said simultaneously under our breath.
"No swearing!" She yelled, that was followed by a strong slap of the paper fan on our head.
~o~
Sitting idly on the opposite side of the room are two newly summoned battlecruisers; Akagi and Amagi of the Amagi class battlecruisers.
Akagi, who was sitting on a cross legged position, have a long brown hair that was tied into a ponytail using a crimson ribbon. She was wearing a chocolate cosmos colored top and a dark brown skirt. While the other shipgirl, Amagi, was wearing a dark blue top and a white skirt. She also sported a white hair that was cut short around her shoulders with her bangs covering her eyebrows.
Both of them were sipping tea using a black mug that were given to them by their Admiral. Since they had nothing particular to do today, they decided to rest inside Hosho's assigned building because Hosho was nice to them.
It was not before long that they discovered that Hosho is a very dangerous shipgirl if her patience is challenged. Since the two of them do not want to be included in Hosho's angry outburst they decided to shut up and heed no attention.
"Sister, did we really have visited her in the first place?" Asked the white haired Amagi.
"Truth be told. I really do regret coming here. I didn't know Hosho had children." Akagi said.
Amagi shook her head knowing that her little sister was wrong. Amagi being a kind older sister explained it to her slow learning little sister, Akagi.
"No little sister. The aircraft carriers-consider Hosho-san as their mother since she is technically the first aircraft carrier commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was from her that using Bows and Arrows, Summoning Scrolls, and other kinds of summoning techniques were learned to control fairy aircraft. If it wasn't for her these aircraft carrier shipgirls would've just be a waste of space in the Naval Base. If they don't know how to operate their planes that is." Amagi explained not knowing that the explanation became long and that her little sister was no longer listening anymore.
With a hand underneath her chin, Akagi examined the aircraft carrier adjacent to her. She heard it clearly. That shipgirl's name was also Akagi. It intrigued her, after all Admiral Goto didn't say anything about shipgirls having the same name in the Combined Fleet.
Akagi stared intensely on the other Akagi who had her forehead already pressed against the floor, begging forgiveness to Hosho. Battlecruiser Akagi felt something inside her burn a little, for her it was as if she was looking at a different Akagi born from a different timeline.
"You two! Why are the both of you still in this room?! Don't you have any training exercises to do?!" Hosho turns around and said those words at the two idling battlecruisers.
Immediately they scrambled towards the exit, yelling "Thanks for the time Hosho-san!" before gently closing the door behind them.
Akagi and Amagi cheekily smiled at one another, the two of them almost got scolded by the short Hosho-san after all.
~o~
Fifty kilometers away from Naval Base Hiroshima
A blinding beam of light could be seen pass a cumulonimbus on the dark night sky above. It just recently stopped raining but the wind was still cold and the waters were ravaging due to the strong winds and the shells raining on the water as an abyssal tried its best on dodging them.
Sailing on her right was a small destroyer type shipgirl that had multiple penetration wounds on her rigging. Her clothes were razed and a part of her head was burnt from a recent fire. Her expression was cold and her gaze was sharp as a dagger as she sailed in parallel to the abyssal that was tugging a black capsule.
The abyssal turned its attention towards the shipgirl and fired a single salvo. The shipgirl narrowly dodging the shell then fired her own salvo before releasing her fishes on the water, giving it a bit of a lead in front of the abyssal.
Nine torpedoes were cruising on the water at 60 knots. White water bubbles were formed at the rear of the torpedoes' propeller.
The abyssal dodged the shipgirl's salvo but was hit twice with the torpedoes. The abyssal staggered to the right as it tried protecting the black capsule from being struck by the torpedoes. The abyssal screamed in pain as her right arm fell into the water and her white top had a large blood stain on it.
She glared at the shipgirl who was now approaching her. With her left hand she raised it towards the shipgirl and materialized a saber. When she clenched her hand the saber flew in subsonic speed and landed on the shipgirl's leg making her lose her balance, flipping upside-down into the water.
A smile emerged on the abyssal's expression when she saw that but it was short lived because another torpedo struck her by the left leg, disintegrating it into a million pieces and rendering her unable to maneuver properly.
"She incapacitated! Storm in for the kill!" Yelled a battleship type shipgirl that was just a few meters from the abyssal.
The abyssal gritted her teeth as she pulled the black capsule near her and slammed her left fist on the surface of the capsule. A hole was made on the capsule revealing a man with black hair. He was knocked unconscious a few hours ago when a shell struck the capsule's protective shield.
"I'm sorry but it will only last for a second." Said the white haired abyssal.
The abyssal then grabbed a cord connected to her spine and aligned the tip of this jet black cord into the belly button of the man. Slowly she injected it into the man. The man grunted in pain, before his skin started to turn transparent. White particles slowly rise into the atmosphere and before long his body was no longer inside the capsule, it was as if his body turned into nothingness.
Then the unexplained hunger that she felt a few moments ago somewhat disappeared. Her lost limbs slowly regenerated as she closed her eyes and moaned at the satisfactory feeling that she was experiencing.
"Oh no, you don't!" Yelled a battleship type shipgirl named Ise.
She swung her katana diagonally, aimed at the neck of the abyssal that was kneeling on the water. Ise's smile vaporized when she saw that her katana hit the abyssal's neck as if she was hitting a brick.
Ise found herself in close proximity of a land based Abyssal Empress whose specialty is close quarters combat.
The abyssal opened her eyes and turned her attention at the battleship that struck her neck. Her gold eyes brighten in vigor and a smile slowly formed on her face.
"You brought a dull blade into a fight?" The abyssal asked.
Ise didn't saw it coming. A right hook landed on her gut throwing her almost a kilometer away from the abyssal that struck her. Her sister, Hyuuga was flabbergast when she saw her sister flew pass her.
Clouded in urgency, Hyuuga sailed towards her sister and narrowly saved her from sinking. She saw the lights of her sister's eyes passed. Her heart sank in despair knowing her sister was now dead on her hands.
The warm body of her sister was replaced with ice, her smile covered flat and her brown vigilant eyes blankly staring at the dark sky.
"Pull back…" Hyuuga softly said into the radio.
A few moments later multiple shipgirls sailed pass her. Each one of them could be seen having severe wounds and damaged rigging. Hyuuga turned her attention back at the abyssal once more and saw a flash from the horizon, a few moments later an armor piercing shell almost struck her by the head.
Hyuuga glared as she slowly carried the corpse of her sister and sailed back into the darkness of the night. Her spotlight that was pointed towards the abyssal turned off.
In a sigh of relief the abyssal removed the cord that was connected to the capsule and her spine. Red blood could be seen pouring out of the tubes as she dropped it into the water. Abyssal Empress Marianna then sailed into the island that was now vividly visible on the horizon.
"Look Gintoki. We are finally home." She said softly as she pressed her hand on her chest.
Chapter End
A long chapter will be coming up in a couple of days sorry for the slow updates~
UPDATE 1-05-19 : Fixed Errors